diff --git a/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/portfile.cmake b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/portfile.cmake
index f012719a88..5ff1ba6b75 100644
--- a/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/portfile.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ if(${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE} STREQUAL dynamic)
 	file(COPY ${LIB_FILES}       DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib)
 	file(COPY ${DEBUG_LIB_FILES} DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib)
 	file(REMOVE ${LIB_FILES} ${DEBUG_LIB_FILES})
+	
+	vcpkg_apply_patches( #define USE_IMPORT_EXPORT in SDKConfig.h
+		SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+		PATCHES 
+			${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/shared_define.patch
+	)
 endif()
 
 # Handle copyright
diff --git a/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/shared_define.patch b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/shared_define.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96657b33ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/shared_define.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/aws/core/SDKConfig.h b/aws/core/SDKConfig.h
+index 130c9dd..66b2630 100644
+--- a/aws/core/SDKConfig.h
++++ b/aws/core/SDKConfig.h
+@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
+ 
+ #define JSON_USE_EXCEPTION 0
+ 
++#define USE_IMPORT_EXPORT
+\ No newline at end of file